Little Girl Birthday

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Our Grand daughter is about to turn two, and this is the card I made for her.

I love this image from Bugaboo Stamps, Summer Peek Flower Pot, which was one of the first freebies I ever downloaded.

I coloured her with chalks, then edged the card with worn lipstick distress ink and doodled faux stitching with a sparkle gel pen.

I added some Kindy Glitz to the flower centres for some added sparkle.

The sentiment was gold embossed, cut with a ribbon tag die and sponged with worn lipstick ink before removing the die, and mounted with a red gingham ribbon.

For added colour, sparkle and texture I stuck these adhesive strips of glittered card across the bottom.  I was given a packet of four of these strips some time ago and do not know where they came from.

I am linking this to:

Celebrate the Occasion Challenge #60 - birthday card with ribbon

Crafty Sentiments - For a Child

Creative Card Crew Challenge #9 - Ribbon

Lady Bug Craft Ink TLT Challenge #59 - Birthday

My Time To Craft Challenge #178 - Garden Gems

Oldie but a Goodie - In The Garden (Image is over 6 months old)

Ribbon Carousel Challenge #50 - Anything goes

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Green Birthday

I am still with family, but thought I would blog this card that I made before we left home. It was made for a very dear friend who loves green.

This card started with some 'scraps' I had on my desk - the dp, which IRL is dark and light green abstract, was already embossed with the Floral Fantasy folder by Provo Craft, and I cut the edge using some Spellbinders Edgabilites I won as blog candy from the lovely 

Nina B, who designed them.

This was laid over some ribbon and mounted onto some sparkly green card.

The sentiment was stamped, embossed and cut using a labels 10 die, and sponged before the die was removed.  

The butterflies were punched from the sparkly card and had pearls added.

I added a wee bow of the ribbon at the top of the sentiment - the sparkle of the ribbon shows a little here, but IRL it really catches the light.

The pearl flourish was the final touch. In this image you can see some of the true colour of the dp.

I am linking this to:

Our Daily Bread Designs Shine the Light Challenge #105 - Go green

Word Art Wednesday Challenge # 24

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Pink Silk Moth

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This image is so dramatic it was left to take centre stage - the silk moth image is a retired one from Layers of Color. 

 It was embossed in silver over bright pink vellum, had the half pearls added, then it was mounted over Fairy Flora dp.

The sentiment was stamped and sponged with distress ink after being cut with a spellbinders die, and threaded with a pre-stitched ribbon, and layered over lace.

I am linking this to:

Paper Creations Ink Challenge #20 - Spring is in the Air

Simon Says Stamp and Go - Anything Goes

Cutie Pie Challenge #13 - Pearls and Swirls

The Pink Elephant challenge #139 - Inspirational Photo

The Catered Crop - Use Ribbon

Pan Pastel UK Challenge #9 - Girly/Mothers Day

Paper Sundaes Challenge #111 - Feminine Flair

Penny Black and More March Challenge - Spring

That Craft Place - Anything goes

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Honey Bees galore

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I made this using just the one (retired) Layers of Color set, Honey Bee.

The main image is designed to fit into a spellbinders labels 20 die cut.

 I painted the image with Twinkling H2O's, and added Kindy Glitz for the sparkle.

The sentiment was stamped onto the same parchment like yellow card as the big image, cut using a Spellbinders classic oval and  mounted over a scalloped oval cut from mulberry paper.

The background was created using the small bee image, randomly stamping it over the kraft card stock and painting them.  This was distressed and sponged, and then I added the torn mulberry paper and ribbon before mounting the images onto it.

Rhinestones were added and the the whole mounted onto a cream card base.

I am linking this to:

Art Impressions Challenge #54 - Sparkle and Bling or Embossing

Crop stop Challenge #62 - Rainbow of colours (Must use 4)

SJ PaperCrafts Challenge #2 - flowers (Inc red or pink)

Crafts and Me Challenge #74 - Things with Wings

Divas By Design Challenge #25 - Favourite things (Kindy Glitz and Layers of Color stamps)

Paper Shelter Challenge Blog - Anything Goes

The Pixie Cottage Challenge #111 - Things With Wings

Simaon Says Stamp - Mothers Day or Special Girl

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Pink Polka Dotted Flower

Welcome - I am always glad to know you have visited.

Every now and again I make a card that I am 'uber' pleased with, and this is one of those.

I was playing with my Layers of Color stamps and this is the result that I am so happy with. 

I started with this flower from the Merci Bouquet  set, stamping it randomly on a cream textured paper in Rich Cocoa ink, and then colouring it with chalks. The edge of the paper was distressed and sponged.

I took three polka dot flower images and the large dotted petals from the Polka Dot Love set and white embossed them onto pink vellum, then fussy cut and layered them together.

The sentiment is from the Happy wishes set and was stamped and cut with a  Labels 14 die from Spellbinders - I ran a gold pen around the  inside edge of the  die before I removed it.

The layered flower was mounted over ribbon, and the whole mounted onto a mid brown base. Pearls were added and the card complete.

I am linking this to:

Bunny Zoe's Crafts challenge #21 - Celebrations

Craft Your Passion Challenge #100 - Anything Goes

Always Crafting Creative Monday's Challenge #3 - Anything Goes

kaboodles Doodles Challenge #109 - Think Spring, Flowers

Paper Creations Ink - challenge #20 - Spring is in the air 

Polly Craft Monday Challenge #130 - Spring is Sprung

Smudgy Antics - Anything Goes

The Pink elephant Challenge #138 - Lets See Those Layers

Totally Stampilious Challenge #3  - Spring is in the air

Thank you for calling by - may your day be blessed.

Sisters

Welcome once again - this weeks release from McMahon Five Design.com that I have illustrated is a vintage image Sisters

The image was coloured using chalks, and mounted on some medium blue paper to define it.

It is a beautiful image and a joy to use.

I had wanted a paper that did not detract from the image, and found this in a pad of paper by Kaisercraft.  it is very subtly coloured, but has a glorious embossed surface on it.

The lace is ecru IRL and the ribbon and pearls a rich cream colour.

      The card was finished with some more pearls in the corners.

And some punched  butterflies and pearls flying off the top corner of the image.

I am linking this to:

Crafts and Me Challenge #73 - pretty in lace

Crafty Creations Challenge #159 - Vintage Fashion

The House That Stamps Built Challenge #229 - Spring in pastel colours

Little Darlings Challenge #18 - Pearls

Little Red Wagon Challenge #122 - Use a vintage item. (Lace).

Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes

The Sisterhood of Crafters - Use a digi image

Please visit the other members of the team to see their creations - the links are in my sidebar.

Thanks for visiting me - any comments you leave are cherished.

May your day be blessed.

Sparkling Butterfly

Welcome - It's good to be back here - I have been MIA as we have been visiting some very important little people - our grandchildren.

This card was made in a hurry with some of the 'experiments' that had accumulated on my desk.  The most difficult part was selecting the background paper and card!

I started with the brightly coloured background panel

This was made using watercolour crayons on watercolor paper, heavily spritzed with water, then sprayed with lemon glimmer mist.

The butterfly was cut using a Marianne die, and had Kindy Glitz and pearls added. 

The sentiment was gold embossed on a scrap of the water colour block.  Both layers were mounted on black card before being layered over dp. 

The ribbon was embellished with triple bows of ecru pearle thread.  As I do not have a bow-easy, i use my fingers to make the loops - fiddly, but it works.

I love the way this card turned out.  I am linking this to:

Stampin' Sisters In Christ Challenge # 128 - variegated colours

Crafty Bloggers Network Challenge #15 - Spring Colours

Always Crafting, Creative Mondays challenge #2 - Anything Goes

Paper Creations Ink Challenge #19 - Show Us Your Style, Heat embossing

Sew Many Card Challenge #83 - Punches

Squigglefly Challenge #8 - Spring Colours

Paper Pretties Monday Challenge #28 - Rainbow
The Crazy Challenge #108 - Anything Goes
Ooh la la Creations Challenge #99 - Photo inspiration
Celebrate The Occasion - challenge#52 - birthday with bling
Clear it Out Challenge - Birthday with Bling (last of these pearls)
Stampn'Doodle - Embossing of Any Kind.

Thank you for visiting - may your day be blessed

Love is............

Welcome again.

 This is the second release that I have illustrated this week, and  is by 

McMahon Digital and is entitled All Things.

I wanted to use it for a masculine card, so this is a little less 'frilly' than some cards I have made.

As I wanted the image to take centre stage I printed it fairly large, and cut it with a Labels 10 die and sponged the edges with a dark gray ink.

The butterfly was painted with twinkling H2O's

The image was mounted on a lime green card that has a discrete sparkle in it, the edges were sponged with a green ink, and then that was mounted onto a dark green card stock.  The hand died seam binding ( a RAK from Lovely Linda) and the rhinestones were the final touches.

Once again I invite you to visit the other team members and see the wonderful releases there are this week - their names are linked on my side bar.

Thanks so much for visiting - may your day be blessed.

Cheeky Chicks

Welcome back to my wee corner of blog-dom.


I have call for a card for a young boy this month, and I also have bought some new stamps recently, so they came together for this 

I had the background paper on hand, having made it for another card, and then discarded it....





The sentiment was stamped with versamark and then distress ink layered on the stamp, and then clear embossed. I used the same ink to sponge  all the edges, so it was the best fit.

The background paper is a slightly textured cream paper from a "child's craft pad" .  The ribbon which shows clearly here appears clear but has an iridescent gleam to it in bright light.

Mama chook and her chicks were all coloured with chalks, as was the sky.

The 'grass' is actually the torn edge of a strip of mulberry paper.


I am linking this to:
Alphabet Challenge Blog - A is for Animal antics
HotShot Craft Challenge #4 - One for the boys

Thanks for calling by - may your day be blessed
   

Whimsy

Thanks for visiting today - it is always nice to know you have called by.

The image I have used for this post is called Whimsy, by LS Designs, a new line being carried by McMahon Five Design.com.

I printed the image onto a cream card and coloured her with chalks and twinkling H2O's.  The card was sponged with distress inks.

To add some interest I painted over the coloured frock with sparkle glue paint.  The image was then mounted over some textured and embossed paper I found in my stash. 

A bow and tear drop gems were added to finish the card after mounting it on red card stock.

I am posting another card  from this release shortly - also please also feel free to visit the other team members for some awesome inspiration this week.


I am linking this to:
Crafts and Me Challenge #68 - use a new image
Crafty Creations Challenge #156 - Swirly Whirly
Little Darlings Challenge#18 -Favourite embellishments - bling and ribbon
Paper Pretty's Wednesday Challenge #192 - Add texture (dp, and sparklepaint)
The Pixie Cottage Challenge #107 - red
Just Inspirational Challenges Week 15 - Inspirational photo

Thanks for visiting - May your day be blessed

You Are My Sunshine..

Greetings – thank you for visiting today.  

This was to have been posted last night, but the gremlins invaded Blogger and made it go super slow........

I loved this new image from McMahon Digital Stamps as soon as I first saw it and enjoyed making this card.... and I have been humming the tune too.

The image was painted with Twinkling H2Os.

The card base is a medium blue with a layer of bright pink over it, and then a bright yellow die cut. (Think, sunbeams)

I chose to fussy cut around the image and cut the printed string off, and punch holes and thread some narrow ribbon through them instead.  This was then mounted over the die cut and a few pearls added to finish.

I am linking this to:

Belli Challenge #136 - Hearts/Valentines - Old or forgotten - the paints, one of my original purchases

Divas By Design #20 - Anything Goes

Fab and Funky Challenge #106 - Use a digi image

Little Red Wagon challenge #118 - Valentines Day or Love

The Paper Shelter Challenge #49- Love is in the Air

Penny Challenges #72 - Love is in the Air

Truely Scrumptious Challenge #72 - Love and Hearts

Little Miss Muffet Chalenges - Love and Valentines
Moving Along with the Times challenge #134 - Have a Heart
Sarah Hurley Challenge #59 - Love is All Around.
Dare to Be Sassy Thursday Challenge #110 - Valentines
Delightful Challenges - Punches and Dies

Thanks for visiting – may your day be blessed.